Ed Bouchee
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| First baseman | |||
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Born: March 7, 1933 Livingston, Montana |
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Died: January 23, 2013 (aged 79) Phoenix, Arizona |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 19, 1956, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
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| July 24, 1962, for the New York Mets | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .265 | ||
| Home runs | 61 | ||
| Runs batted in | 290 | ||
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Edward Francis Bouchee (March 7, 1933 – January 23, 2013) was an American professional baseball player. He appeared in Major League Baseball as a first baseman for three National League clubs (the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and New York Mets) from 1956 to 1962.
Born in Livingston, Montana, Bouchee moved with his family to Spokane, Washington during World War II. He attended Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane, where he was an all-state athlete in football, basketball and baseball. In high school, he became longtime friends with future major league pitcher Jack Spring.
Bouchee attended Washington State University, where he played college baseball for the Cougars in 1952.
He finished second in the Rookie of the Year voting in 1957, hitting .293 with 17 home runs and 76 RBI. Those would all prove to be career highs. On April 24, 1957, Bouchee's bases-loaded triple against Bob Friend of the Pittsburgh Pirates allowed pinch runner John Kennedy, the first black player in Phillies' history, to score his only major league run.
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